Lecture Notes on Respiratory Disease

Review of anatomy of the lung; review of respiratory physiology; surface tension and alveolar stability; defence mechanisms protecting the lung; the history - symptoms of respiratory disease; examination of the chest; pulmonary function tests and blood gases; elements of radiology of the chest; acute respiratory infections; pneumonia; respiratory disease in AIDS; respiratory disease in the severely immunocompromised patient (non AIDS); tuberculosis; bronchiectasis; cystic fibrosis; lung abscess; asthma and allergic disorders of the lung; diffuse lung fibrosis; sarcoidosis; smoking; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ventilatory failure and sleep apnoea; carcinoma of the bronchus; pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary oedema; adult respiratory distress syndrome; pneumothorax and pleural effusion; trauma and the lungs; occupational lung disease; drug-induced lung disease; hypoxia and oxygen therapy.